Feb 7 | Axios
AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka told Jonathan Swan in an interview for "Axios on HBO" that former Presidents Clinton and Obama didn't understand unions' importance — and were disappointments to organized labor because of it.
Dec 18 | Deadline
Laverne Cox has been and still is changing the game when it comes to the representation of the trans community and Black people in film and TV.
Dec 18 | Deadline
The Berlin Film Festival is rethinking its offering in 2021 due to the pandemic.
Dec 18 | Deadline
The long awaited and oft delayed opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is on the move again, shuttling to early Fall of next year and all due to continuing uncertainties about the state of the coronavirus pandemic.
Dec 18 | The Hollywood Reporter
Amid the national reckoning over statues of figures whose histories are problematic, tributes to a number of entertainment industry names have been hit with calls for removal.
Dec 17 | Variety
To say that 2020 has been a ground-shifting year, would be to minimize all of the profound sorrow, loss and upheaval that these past 12 months have sowed.
Dec 16 | Broadway World
The senate held a congressional hearing on Tuesday regarding the need for relief for the live entertainment industry, CBS 42 reports.
Dec 15 | Deadline
Anita Hill, chair of The Hollywood Commission, is praising the entertainment industry for embracing its role as a “world influencer” in advancing diversity and inclusion, but says that Hollywood can and must do better.
Nov 18 | The Hollywood Reporter
The IATSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee has elected its co-chairs, Kimberly Butler-Gilkeson, trustee of Local 764 (theatrical wardrobe); and Liz Pecos, president of Local 48 (stage and picture operators).
Nov 18 | Deadline
As television production continues to ramp up in Hollywood and coronavirus cases surge in America, Hunters and The Right Stuff are heading out West thanks to some generous tax credits from the state of California.
Nov 17 | Deadline
IATSE is accusing Golf Channel of not providing adequate COVID-19 protections for crew members working on broadcasts of PGA and LPGA tour events.
Nov 13 | The Hollywood Reporter
As the studios hold back their tentpole titles, countries with strong local industries — from Denmark and France to China and South Korea — have seen a box office bump for homegrown movies.
Nov 13 | The Hollywood Reporter
As the coronavirus outbreak bludgeons Hollywood with global travel restrictions, Alberta has rolled out rapid COVID-19 testing that has A-list stars now able to safely cross a closed U.S.-Canadian border and step onto a local film and TV sets in just two days.
Nov 12 | Variety
The EnergaCamerimage cinematography fest, although moved online at the last moment owing to Poland’s new listing on Europe’s red zone of high COVID-19 infection rates, remains committed to honoring the finest in lensing from around the world, says Kazik Suwala, the org’s festival office director.
Nov 11 | Deadline
Donald Trump was a showman whose election in 2016 was in part due to his fame from The Apprentice, but President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will come into office with much closer ties to the entertainment industry.
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